natural hazards

• what factors effects the hazard risk from natural hazards?

  -vulnerability-the more people in a area the greater the probability they will be affected

  -capacity to cope-e.g the better a population can deal with a extreme event the lower the risk of them being severely affected
• what are the two types of natural hazards?

  Geological and meteorological
• what is a hazard risk?

  The probability that a natural hazard occurs.
• what are human factors that effects hazard risk

  -high population density

  -living in certain areas
• what are main factors that effects how bad a natural hazard is?

  frequency

  predictability

  magnitude
• what effects a populations ability to cope with natural hazards?

  income

  preparation